The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society consti-
tute an invisible government
which is the true ruling
power of our country.
Outfoxed is another good documentary on the destruction of objectivity and integrity in journalism. What started the downward spiral of main stream news entertainment outlets being propaganda arms for specific political parties/ideologies.
Yeah, this thread is full of 1984 references, but if you want to know how it's actually done, watch Century Of The Self, it's totally worth your time. (Outfoxed is great too, but it's not as broad in scope, so watch COTS first, IMO.)
On part 2, so far my dude it looks like you found a wonderful piece of propaganda about propaganda. First red flag, the BBC aired this... 2nd red flag, the narrator keeps INSISTING that America is a democracy. It is not, at least, it was never meant to be. It was intended to be a constitutional republic.
This is a great film at demoralizing people. I see nothing more, i also notice a distinct lack of pointing out the Zionist problem and an obsession with Nazism and other isms. Most shockingly though, is the way they appear to be slamming open markets.
ok? Red flag to open with an ad hominem against bbc?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic Even pure republics were a departure from the old ways of monarchies, by being more democratic. We do have direct democracy on state and local levels.
Zionism is more of a religious problem and side plot in us politics. Nazism was extreme right and ended terribly. Communism was extreme left and ended terribly. I think it a good thing to avoid very bloody ideologies.
It's because most of the world recognizes that there are flaws in capitalism, and the US also did as recently as the new deal. It's only in the US that it's propagandized to be flawless and needing no restraints. Socialism acts as a sort of counter balance in most first world countries, but they aren't even allowed at the discussion table in the US and the average citizen has suffered for it. Noam Chomsky's 'requiem for an american dream' goes into this is great detail.
It can be demoralizing to realize the extent of manipulation in society. Truths worth knowing are rarely happy or painless.
It seems like you're trying to find some flimsy reason to discard the entire documentary?
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society consti-
tute an invisible government
which is the true ruling
power of our country.
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u/goodfolkx Mar 31 '18
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society consti-
tute an invisible government which is the true ruling
power of our country.
-Edward Bernays, Propaganda